Rooms and Furniture (Count, none count)
Elementary A1,A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review of Countable and uncountable nouns in the context of House and furniture
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency, speaking practice in a role play between a tenant and real estate agent in the context of renting a house
Procedure (35-49 minutes)
Draw a house on the board elicit what it is called, elicit the word for one or two parts of the house, Ss in pairs write down as many house parts as they can in one minute. Feedback: Check which group has a larger number of words.
Spread the "furniture" hand out. Ss in pairs match the words to the pictures. No dictionary use is allowed at this stage. Feedback: Check the items that are source of problem for Ss.
Practice the vocabulary from the previous task, clarify the meaning for the unknown ones and practice pronunciation. Teach and review "there is" and "there are". Distribute "Someone who" handout Ss mingle and find the answers. Feedback: How many questions did you answer? [...] Which question was more interesting for you?
Asking a few questions about count and non count nouns to discover how familiar the students are with the concept.
Freer practice to develop fluency in speaking. Role play between a landlord a tenant who is trying to rent the house.
Set one minute limit for Ss to think what their dream house is like. They might need to think oft: Location Number of rooms Type of furniture Who to live with Ss in pair describe their dream house and explain why they have chosen that.